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This trash monster is the symbol of people’s efforts to fight against waste and pollution. So on April 22, we have Earth Day. Gaylord Nelson, a senator from Wisconsin got the ball rolling in 1970 with the first Earth Day.

One of my favorite sources, CQ Researcher, is celebrating it’s 90th anniversary! CQ Researcher is honoring this long standing resource with a new interface and a new feature – Hot Topics. The Hot Topics section should hit the target for many English Composition research papers.

The feature that offers special, up-to-date reports and chronologies on 20 of the most-researched topics, including obesity, abortion, and marijuana legalization. The site also includes improvements in the browse and search functionality, a new logo, and a clean site design that makes all content easier to read and navigate.

Published 44 times a year, CQ Researcherreports feature 12,000 words of footnoted text, bibliographies, a timeline of events, charts and graphs, photographs and more. Reports offer comprehensive analysis of topics ranging from climate change, gay marriage and immigration to conflict in the Middle East, the impact of social media on society, and gun control.

Use the Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts data viewer to look at what happens when sea level rises and how it could impact coastal flooding not only in Florida but on any U.S. coast. The viewer is a cool screening-level tool that uses nationally consistent data sets and analyses. Data and maps provided can be used at several scales to help gauge trends and prioritize actions for different scenarios.